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From: rkd@cci632.UUCP (Ray Downes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Restoring to a smaller fs?
Message-ID: <2051@cci632.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 12:45:00 EST
Article-I.D.: cci632.2051
Posted: Thu Oct 22 12:45:00 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 01:32:10 EST
References: <482@cos.COM> <484@cos.COM>
Organization: CCI, Communications Systems Division, Rochester, NY
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Keywords: dump/restore, smaller fs
Summary: how about dump | restore ...

On our BSD4.[2-3] systems as well as some SYSV (w/BSD4.N guts), I've
used dump piped to restore with a dirty twist:

	dump 0f - /dev/raw_oldone | (cd mounted_newone; restore if -)
								^

This slow but sure (but faster than 9-track tape) method allowed
splitting of some rather hefty filesystems (assumed same system (or
usable "network"), onto "newfs"ed smaller partitions (via N passes).

Seemed to work fine, dirty as it is .... 
-- 

Ray Downes, CCI, (716) 482-5000		rutgers!rochester!cci632!rkd